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You hear so much (I guess from the gurus and course sellers) about how “predictable” the cash flow is from rental properties. Well I adamantly disagree. You have a maintenance issue…unpredictable cash flow. Your insur...
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Since the start of the Covid pandemic in March 2020, home prices are up a staggering 45% – according to the National Association of Realtors. Sellers have enjoyed a wildly imbalanced market for the past c...
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Hi All,First time posting on here but I have been an avid reader of the forums for a couple years. Great learning tool.I invested in single family homes in Houma, Louisiana from 2006-2009 and did okay, a couple rehab/...
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I have been wholesaling since the beginning of the year, but I am still at the point where I have not closed a deal as yet, and looking forward to the day when I can write a post in the "Success stories" section o...
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OK, I know using yellow letters is a proven good thing. But with my budget I can only afford to send out 100 per month to start (have to pay for my 100 bandit signs too). Ron Legrand said that if you cannot sent out...
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I'm actively searching for my first multi-family property which I plan to have professionally managed. The market I'm shopping is solid (not hot, but solid) with good rent prices relative to purchase price with good ...
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What do you look for in a small town a couple of hours away from a metropolitan area and are trying to buy and hold? Is there a certain unemployment rate you look for? Specific industries? A certain percentage of p...
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I was put driving for dollars today and I came across a for sale sign that said “ no real estate investors.” Other than selling the home below market value, why would someone not consider selling to a real estate inve...
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Has anyone looked into, or have an opinion on, investing in a short term vacation rental at Margaritaville Orlando? They are starting a new phase of townhomes and I am trying to figure out if the returns will be good....
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I am struggling to find a market that fits me. SFH, small multi, apartments, industrial, car washes, laundry mats, storage. I have always been a generalist, master of none skilled at most. good CoC seems easy enoug...